Adjustable paediatric breathing system support

Learning to Write Through an Awareness of Breath

“…It is easy to forget breath’s existence, as it is always there , forever present and fundamental, taken for granted, requiring no thought and effort, natural, intuited, barely visible, and mostly forgotten. Such inability to notice breath, however, can also mean that we fail to recognize how it nourishes life from our fingertips to our toes (Lloyd, 2015). Overlooking breath’s physical significance can cause us to miss its rich metaphors, such as the way acts of inhaling, or taking in air, can represent the process of taking in life , while exhaling, or expelling air out, can symbolize the letting go of what is unnecessary and unhelpful.…”

“…Overlooking breath’s physical significance can cause us to miss its rich metaphors, such as the way acts of inhaling, or taking in air, can represent the process of taking in life , while exhaling, or expelling air out, can symbolize the letting go of what is unnecessary and unhelpful. We may also be less able to appreciate the need for rest periods between breaths, or the “breathers” and moments of respite where we contemplate our moments (Lloyd, 2015). Due to this tendency to dismiss breath’s significance, van Manen (2002) draws our attention to this life-giving act by asking,How do we experience this respiratory fact of our existence?…”